Artist Statement

I don’t seek to repeat the past with my work and so I’ve closed any stringent narrative in my former paintings. Although I have cast off any deliberate narrative or imagery, one underlying theme present in my work is the belief in the continual renewal of nature of the human spirit. The abstract elements of these paintings break down nature to its purest form and then rebuild again. By means of adding, taking away, and adding again a finished point is revealed. As each painting is reduced, some remain in their minimal state, whereas others are then built up again and painted heavily back into the canvas.

Why We Love It

Crump conjures a sense of continual renewal through his own special incantation—an enchantingly balanced witches brew of subtraction and addition. To create his oeuvre of abstract paintings, Crump layers, removes, and repeats until he starts to see a destination take shape. Some pieces rest on a more minimal note, blackness or blur quieting the visual plane, while others, like today’s edition, find a voluble, extroverted end. Dense areas of paint, marbling, and tool marks all compete for our attention in Sorcerer, drawing the eye in dizzyingly disparate directions. That’s part of how this piece puts you under the its spell ... Read more on the blog!

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

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William Crump

William
Crump
received
his
BFA
from
Ringling
School
of
Art
and
Design
in
1994.
He
currently
lives
and
works
in
New
York.
In
2014
he
joined
TSA
Gallery
in
Brooklyn,
which
serves
as
curatorial
platform
for
artists.
He
is
currently
represented
by
Station
Independent
Projects
in
New
York.
In
2014
William
was
selected
for
The
Artist
Pension
Trust.
His
work
has
been
exhibited
throughout
the
US
and
Europe.
Forthcoming
curatorial
projects
will
be
held
at
TSA
Gallery
in
Brooklyn
and
Station
Independent
Projects
in
New
York.